Important Historical Events of the year 1766, Year 1766 in History

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List of 1766 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1766

What happened in the year 1766?

Date	Event
March 5, 1766	Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
March 18, 1766	American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
May 22, 1766	A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
July 1, 1766	François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
November 10, 1766	The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
December 2, 1766	Swedish parliament approves the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implements it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
December 5, 1766	In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
December 25, 1766	Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.